[“Before the conquest of Mexico by the Spanish under the leadership of Captain Fernand Cortez, at the beginning of the 16th century, the Aztecs reigned in this country, people immigrated from the North who reached a high degree of civilization. Their architecture was very developed and a number of their monuments still survive. Our print shows a stonemason in the process of sculpting statues to adorn the “teocalli” (temple) almost completed and visible in the background. The idol on the left represents Huitzilopochtli, the Aztec god of war; it was meant to occupy the small sanctuary rising at the top of the pyramid. The reliefs at the base of the edifice depict scenes of war.”]